Congratulations! What a great coloring job on our Old Guys Rule SKU#4474 stamp set--especially the "happy accident" that led to the gentleman's fun plaid pants! Contact kate@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Congratulations you two! Pirjoliini, the color piecing in this Golfer SKU#T3475 stamp is fabulous, and we love how you cut the man to put him on center stage! Gail, we love how you colored the Grill Father SKU#4375 set in coordination with the paper! What a great segue into our next challenge! Way to go you two! Be sure to contact kate@artimpressions.com with your address and a set of your choice as a prize!

All of the entries were so fun and creative! Great work, crafters! And now back to our new patriotic challenge!

Start July with a bang! Independence Day is just around the corner, and it's time to make some star-spangled cards! We want to see how you celebrate and create!

Cheri is here to give us a tutorial on how to make her fabulous red, white and blue card! Take it away, Cheri!

Hi everyone! Here's my card for the red, white and blue Challenge. When I heard about this Challenge I immediately thought of the Girlfriends 2015 Quilt set. I could just see the quilt done in those colors!

I chose papers from Tailored Expressions called Summer Nights. This collection is all in red, white and blue...very patriotic! I layered the patterned papers with red and blue, added a white ribbon with a heart slider for fun! The Quilt set comes with 3 sentiments and I used one on the front of the card and one inside.

I used the Perfect Layers Mini from Perfect Paper Crafts to layer my sentiment with red and blue. I always like to use up my scraps from when I am cutting my pattern paper, so I die cut little flags and added them to the inside.

All my layers are glued onto a pre-made 5.5" square card. I used foam squares to pop up the image and sentiment to add dimension to my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, R20, R24

Hair: W1, W3, W5 / E43, E44, E47 / Y21, YR23

Quilt: R000, R29, BG53, B99

Quilt Border: R24, R27, R29

Top & pants: R21, 22

Pants: B81, B83, B85, B99

Shoes: B99, R24, R29, W3, W5

I always like to use a black Gel pen on the girls eyes and also glossy accents on the glasses. I also used clear Wink of Stella on the hearts, quilt border and earrings. Hope this card helps inspire you to make a Red, White & Blue project to enter in our new Challenge!Happy Stamping!
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Thanks, Cheri! The rest of our designers will be back next week with more inspiration! In the meantime, feel free to visit Cheri's personal blog for more tricks and techniques!

Start crafting some spectacular cards for the Forth add them to our InLinkz below!

Here are the challenge rules …
✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!
✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!
✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!
✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!
✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.
✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, July 1 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.
✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

Thanks for picking my card as one of the winners! I'm thrilled to pieces and hubby hasn't even seen it yet since Father's Day is this Sunday! Wait till I give it to him and charge him $$ to hold it since it's a winner. hahahahhaha! Thanks so much!! Hugs, Gail L